~ Working at the Calendar Kiosk at Christmas Time in Rhyme ~ Christmas seems to be the time to rhyme and I am not immune to its charm. I offer up a light fare of poems written in Haiku when I worked one Christmas for Borders Books and Music and was stationed in the Calendar […more…]
~ How to Make Beautiful Snowy Vintage Christmas Cookies ~ These are not strictly Christmas cookies and as much searching as I did I could not find the history and origin of these little gems (I did find some German reference but no definitive first publication), […more…]
~ I Won NaNoWriMo and Revolutionized my Writing ~ This year a gal in my writer’s group convinced me to sign up for the NaNoWriMo ( National Novel Writing Month). I had originally said NO, with good reason. I was working on a compilation of ghost stories, still querying my novel and thinking of a “tense” rewrite, […more…]
Do You Know These Rules For Successful Dancing? Although most of this list seems commensensical, your dance instructors is often too busy helping you coordinate your feet and arms to be picky about dance floor etiquette. Plus, they want you to come back for more lessons and newbie dancers have either very fragile or very huge egos. […more…]
~ My Favorite Halloween Costume Projects ~ It seems like this year’s Halloween has snuck up on me. Only ten days before we get to play dress-up. Of course, wearing vintage on a regular basis, I play dress-up more than most. As my children get older they have taken charge of their dressing up and […more…]
~ Why are you Hating on Present Tense? ~ I’ve been having an ongoing discussion with some of my writer friends about tense. Most the writers in my critique group vehemently do not like reading/writing present tense. “It’s trendy. “Obviously no one (sane) goes around announcing to some invisible audience everything that they’re doing as they […more…]
I like to share novels from my favorite eras 1920s-1950s or newer novels set in them. This is a rare gem special-ordered when a fellow writer suggested my love of Jazz, vintage and literature were wrapped up in this small volume: The Wild Party Booze, smokes, guns, molls and sex are all guests at The Wild […more…]
~ Are You a Social Media Addict? ~ When Candace Johnson invited me to guest blog, I was grateful and thrilled. In keeping with the themes of Candace’s blog, I wanted to share my writerly (really love this new-for-me word) experience. Lately, I’ve been on a crash course to catch up to the social media standard for writers. […more…]